Trade and contemporary society along the silk road
Subtitle: an ethno-history of Ladakh
By: Jacqueline Fewkes.
Series: Routledge contemporary Asia series -- 8
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780415775557; 9780203273692
Subjects: Ethnology -- India -- Ladākh Region; Ethnohistory -- India -- Ladākh Region; Ladakhi (South Asian people) -- History; Ladakhi (South Asian people) -- Commerce; Ladakhi (South Asian people) -- Economic conditions; Commerce -- India -- Ladākh Region -- History; Trade routes -- India -- Ladākh Region -- History; Ladākh Region (India) -- History; Ladākh (India) -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond the roof of the world; title: Recognizing the terrain : a historical background; title: The family business : community, kinship and identity; title: Social strategies for profit; title: Living in a material world : cosmopolitan elites; title: The demise of trade : coping with borders; title: The memory and legacy of trade.